Infinitely Losing My Edge
Yeah, I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids from Canada and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids whose footsteps I hear when they get on the decks.
I'm losing my edge to the internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1964 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong kids in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered nineties.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen started up his first band.
I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime."
I was there.
I was the first guy playing Jerry's Kids to the rap kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
Everybody thought I was crazy.
We all know.
I was there.
I was there.
I've never been wrong.
But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they're actually really, really nice.
I'm losing my edge.
I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody.
Every great song by Faraquet. All the underground hits.
All Delon & Dalcan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sandy B record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bang On A Can record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Dirtbombs,
Jeff Lynne,
James White and The Blacks,
the Slits,
Grauzone,
Avey Tare,
X-102,
Sarah Menescal,
Vainqueur,
Nik Kershaw,
Stereo Dub,
June Days,
Yellowson,
Pierre Henry,
David Axelrod,
Sun Ra,
Youth Brigade,
Reagan Youth,
One Last Wish,
Marc Almond,
The Monochrome Set,
Interpol,
The Human League,
L. Decosne,
Bronski Beat,
Tubeway Army,
Bobby Womack,
Radiopuhelimet,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Guru Guru,
Quando Quango,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Johnny Osbourne,
Junior Murvin,
The Busters,
Stetsasonic,
Wings,
Easy Going,
Cameo,
Adolescents,
Alphaville,
Rod Modell,
Porter Ricks,
Oneida,
Henry Cow,
Metal Thangz,
Barrington Levy,
Lucky Dragons,
Rekid,
Darondo,
Barry Ungar,
PIL,
The Dead C,
FM Einheit,
Circle Jerks,
The Real Kids,
Von Mondo,
The Selecter,
Pantaleimon,
Warsaw,
Rapeman,
OOIOO,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.